The English dancer, who competed in the ballroom competition from 2005 to 2018, died on Saturday in a hospice in Kent, southern England. He had been sick with bone cancer for a long time.
There were many family members around him, Goodman’s manager, Jackie Gill, told CNN on Monday.
Along with Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli, Len Goodman is a judge on “Dancing With the Stars.”Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images / Adam Taylor
He was born in London in 1944. His website says he started dancing when he was 19 years old and was a professional dancer before he went into TV.